Passenger-car.



S. M. GURWEN.

PASSENGER CAB.. APPLICA'TION FILED MAY 1s. 190s.

922,395., Patented May18-19o9.

2 SHEETS-SHEBT l` S. M. GURWBN.

PASSENGER GAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1s. 190s.

Patented May 18, 1909.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

VIII/IIIll/IIlllllll/ll/lllll[lll/1111111111111 ll/lllIll// lll/111111111111111111111111111111151111111111111,!11111111 li which. separates the side b of the platform guard While in the forni of ai rail, con be n l LL Ulis ilil mi@ .SAMUEL M, UURWEN. 0l" llhvlflliliORl), PENNS LVANIA, ASSlGNUR T0 Tllli Ji. G. BRLL COMPANY, Ol" PIlLADELlHIA, PENNSYF/ANIA, A UORPURATION OF PENNSYL- VANIA.

which the iowim is :i specification l My invention relates to eert: n inents in the type oi-efzrs in which 'thonesg the seogers pov the Ahire on enteiil "the object oli' my invention is to so eonj struct zi oar ol this `*L15/pens not to interfere with the seating capacity of the our to any :material extent, and yet provide independent ingress and egress posszigeivfiys at the plat 5 forni.

ln the accompanying drewines:Q-Figine l, o plan view of my improved enr; Fig. l is e. transverse sectional view on. the line l "7 2--2, Fig, l; end Fig. il, is s plan view showing i inodifioetion ot' the guard rail.

A is the body of the oor; isn pletlorm; C is u. transverse partition separating the body of the oar from. the platform-d ln this partit-ion is :in ei'ilarged doorway located on that side of the ear at which the passengers board and leave the ser at the resix end. ln the partition C et the opposite side oi,E the on? l are panels \vhioh inthe present instenoe,are n. suii'ioient distance :inert to allow for ai run-l way for pair of sliding doors D, D, which, when pushed into thorunwiiy, leave the door way full open, but when drown out, one doeiwill either close the ingr( passageway., or the doors erin be moved still lnrtherout so as to Close both the ingress und egress pas i Wiiys. These doors een he i; iev/gl in any i suitable manner, but are prelerahlg so or i'zinged. when one door is drown out or pushed in carries the other with it.

'W i merel, in thepresent instance in the forni Spocifceton of Let-'cere Potent. Application led Islay 1S, 1308.

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.M (lv extending from e. point about the middle oit the doorn/sy in the transverse 1 partition C, sind extending to vertical post into ingress and egress passageways. This nitide in any suitable manner, and :i part e of the rail een be so hinged, as shown in l, :is to swing over and upon the .fixed seotion e to allow for free eg ess from the body of the oor on either side of the rail when the platform is it the forward end of' the our., rlhe section e of the rail may be inode detachable o1' hinged so as to drop, when desired- 'llhe' end of the platform is closed by the Patented Iii/ley 18, 190g.

Serial No. 432,701.

ordinary vestibule casini; having Windows,

rece rovidtod hin hen estendeo.fl platform when the platform is ittlie wird end of the asin .shove Constr fon it will he seen ess passageway in the transverse mirtition is close to the step leading from. ine es?, ind the ingress passageway in the partition is neer the center of the eer. This ronstrimimi gives emisiiflerohle room on the torni and does not interi/1re with the een on one side olf the car, these seats *mitin-ggf to the partition While on. the et er side of the our the seats e extend very neerl'y to the partition, and in seine in stances, 'nmy extend, if desired, shown by dotted lines, to the partition. Thus, by this invention l sin enabled toso construct e oar :is lo provide substantially 'the saine Seating capacity :is heretofore, and yet to so design the struetnre that thel wir een have inclependent ingress und egi s passagewsys;

. sont 2 may he provided on the plat-form wife the place oi? the portion of the' seat a which is omitted to ellos' for the egress of 'poss rigors, and this sent may oe hing'ged'ifv l This consti-ue lion is simple and le ir or eonipzirntiv u sive., andthe oars of the ordinary l he rezidilv changed to o, type of @er 'hoi no n increased pleitforniei'ezi so is to rpt them t'o pay-et+ Lvoo-enter ears.

lt s l he seen that ov the above arrangement the Conductor strands Within the Space on the platform through which. the poisse gers pass when leaving the om, but he can operate the sliding doors so es tofcut o ingress' if he desires to allow passengers, to first leave the om' before other passengers, who have hozided the cor, enter the hotly of y the oor. Ey this iii-rangement the aisle space need 'not he es Where the osi* must accommodate 'hoth incoming and outgoing imssengers the saine time.

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l., in a passenger eer, :i hotly portion, a

platform, a transverse partition ,separating the platform from the body portion, an enlarged 'opening in the partition near that vside of the car at which thev passengers board the platform from the body portion, an enlarged openin in the partition near one side of the car, sli ing doors adapted to channels in the opposite side of the car, saiddoors being arranged to close said opening, anda guard rail extending from a point about the' center ofthe opening to one side vf the carv so as to divide the egress sections. n

3, The combination in a passenger car, of a body portion, a platform, a transverse partition separating the platform from the body platform into ingress and portion, a doorway in the partition near one side'of the car, said doorway being. of a width to allow for the ingress and egress of passengers, double-sliding doors adapted to a channel .on one side of the car and adapted to close one half of the entire passageway,

and a guard railextending from a point near the center of the doorway to a oint at the side of the platform' soras to divide the platform into ingress and egress passageways, the egress passageway communicating directly with that portion ofthe doorway .i f

adjacent to the side of thecar at which the passengers boardand leave the car. Y.

'4, The combination in a passenger oar, of

a body portion, a platform, a transverse partition separating theplatform from the body of the car, a doorwa in one side of the partition leaving-a soli portion' at the opposite side of thel artition, the said solid portion vbeingof su cient width to allow .the seat within the car on that side thereof to extend to the partition,` and a guard separating the platform vinto ingress and egress passageways, said guard extending to a point near the center of the doorway, and to that side n of the platform 4at which the passengers board and leave the car. p 5. In a railway ear having a side entrance and exit openings, the combination of a rail l meinberextending from the central 'portion of the side entrance between the lentrance and exit openings towardthecenter ofthe car, arail membernextendedfrom the inner.

end ofthe first inentionedrail member first rearwardly, then across the car and then for# In testimony'whereof, I have signed myl name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing' witnesses.'

SAMUEL M. CU-RWEN'.y

i Witnesses: v

Jos'. H. KLEIN, `vW'M. A. BARR. 

